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General Data Protection Regulations -GDPR (effective from 25th May 2018)

We are currently updating our policies and ensuring we comply with GDPR- updates can be found on our policies page under the tab of GDPR.

Physiotherapy services

Patients may now self refer for a consultation with a choice of providers, this can be found under Clinics & Services - follow the link under nursing services.

Staff Training:

The Health Centre will be closed from 12:30 midday, for staff training, on the following afternoons: Wed 3rd October 2018, Wed 7th November, Wed 5th December.

GP Patient Survey 2018

We are pleased that from the small sample of surveys this has given results above the national average. The focus seems to be upon appointments to which we can report that new innovations are being formulated which will include a link on this website to allow an electronic consultation with a GP replying back by the end of the next working day, plus an ongoing review of our service delivery. Each month the Friends and Family questionnaire which runs to hundreds of replies consistently reports more than 90% of patients hold the Health Centre and it's service in the highest feedback category of satisfaction. Our aim remains to continuously improve.

We're here for you longer

Evening appointments after 6:30PM available Monday and Tuesday here at Holmes Chapel Health Centre, with rest of the week availability too, bookable via our reception team. The appointments for Wed, Thurs,Fri,Sat, Sun are via GP Practices in the wider Eastern Cheshire CCG area. Further information available via this link www.easterncheshireccg.nhs.uk/News-Events/primary-care.htm

Summary Care Record

The Summary Care Record (SCR) aims to help emergency doctors and nurses help you when you contact them when the surgery is closed. The SCR currently contains information on your current medication, your allergies and any adverse reactions that we know of.

Later on as the central NHS computer system develops, (known as the ‘Summary Care Record’ – SCR), other staff who work in the NHS will be able to access it along with information from hospitals, out of hours services, and specialists letters that may be added as well.

Your information will be extracted from practices such as ours and held on central NHS databases.

As with all information sharing systems there are pros and cons to think about. When you speak to an emergency doctor you might overlook something that is important and if they have access to your medical record it might avoid mistakes or problems, although even then, you should be asked to give your consent each time a member of NHS staff wishes to access your record, unless you are medically unable to do so.

On the other hand, you may have strong views about sharing your personal information and wish to keep your information at the level of this practice. Connecting for Health (CfH), the government agency responsible for the SCR have agreed with doctors’ leaders that new patients registering with this practice should be able to decide whether or not their information is uploaded to the Central NHS Computer System.

For existing patients it is different in that it is assumed that you want your record uploaded to the Central NHS Computer System unless you actively opt out.